Pandora Zaxxon 1 update issues

[Ghostly]

Recently came across my old Pandora. It's never been upgraded.
I tried full flashing 1.76 and it gives me this:
reading boot.scr
5190852 bytes read
## Executing script at 82000000
Wrong image format for "source" command
script failed.


What should I do?

 

[TeDaDeS]

I always updated per version, so didn't skip the intermediate versions. Maybe try incremental updates instead of going to the last one directly?

 

[Ghostly]

Thanks for your time. I'm getting the same issue sadly, even when I update from the first one to the next.

 

[PowerGod]

I remember that at some point there was a version that changed the bootloader and it was important for all the updates after that one, but I don't remember the number.

 

[TeDaDeS]

Maybe describe the current steps you perform.

If I remember correctly:
have the Pandora in the off-state,
you can place an SD-card in the left slot with the files for an (full) OS update,
hold right shoulder button and power-on the Pandora,
keep holding R until you see the boot screen,
select the option to install OS from SD-card.

If you boot form the SD-card directly u-boot loads the boot.scr and apparently something fails there.
Maybe if you try starting the installation from boot-screen it behaves differently.

 

[Ghostly]

Maybe describe the current steps you perform.

If I remember correctly:
have the Pandora in the off-state,
you can place an SD-card in the left slot with the files for an (full) OS update,
hold right shoulder button and power-on the Pandora,
keep holding R until you see the boot screen,
select the option to install OS from SD-card.

If you boot form the SD-card directly u-boot loads the boot.scr and apparently something fails there.
Maybe if you try starting the installation from boot-screen it behaves differently.

I did all of this and get that option to install OS from SD-card. Same issue when selecting that sadly.

 

[Ghostly]

Good news, got it working!

I used a different reformatted SD card.

Thanks for your time!

 

[TeDaDeS]

Nice. Now you can enable wifi and use PNDManager to install all kinds of programs on the Pandora: https://repo.openpandora.org/
Enjoy!